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Trump Revives Hopes of North Korea Summit

Trump takes positive tone on prospects for meeting with Kim after calling it off

In the run-up to a much-anticipated June summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore, it became clear the two leaders diverged too much on issues such as denuclearization.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump sounded a sharply more optimistic tone Friday on North Korea, saying the two countries had resumed talking and a June 12 summit could still take place, even though he called it off only a day earlier.

The jarring turn of events came after North Korea said early Friday that it remained willing to meet with Mr. Trump despite his decision to scrap plans for the historic meeting in Singapore with leader Kim Jong Un.